Water (Part 2—General) Regulation 1997
18Transfer of water rights
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18 Transfer of water rights
18 Transfer of water rights
(1) The holder of an entitlement (other than the Ministerial Corporation) may transfer the whole or part of the holder’s rights to take and use water under the entitlement—
(a) subject to the approval of the Ministerial Corporation, to the holder of another entitlement or (in the case of a permanent transfer) to a person who is an applicant for an entitlement, or
(b) to the Ministerial Corporation, by notice in writing given to the Ministerial Corporation.
(2) The Ministerial Corporation, as holder of an entitlement, may transfer, on the application of the transferee, the whole or part of the Ministerial Corporation’s rights to take and use water under the entitlement to the holder of another entitlement or (in the case of a permanent transfer) to a person who is an applicant for an entitlement.
cl 18: Am 22.3.2002. Subst 2009 (602), Sch 1 [3].